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Direct linkGeoffrey Borman – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2024
Background/Context: Both correlational and experimental evidence suggests that having access to books can be a key resource for accelerating the literacy outcomes for children. Results from a 20-year study across 27 nations by Evans, Kelley, Sikora, and Treiman (2010), suggest that children growing up in homes with many books obtain 3 years more…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Reading Achievement, Educational Opportunities, Minority Group Students
Schmidt, Catarina – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2023
The importance of supporting children's reading engagement and reading comprehension from the early years is widely acknowledged, particular for children growing up in areas characterized by socioeconomic challenges. This mission is collectively shared by teachers and librarians, although with differing starting points and responsibilities. This…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Reading Comprehension, Childrens Literature, Disadvantaged
Download full textAnderson, Tammy L. – International Journal of Technology in Education and Science, 2018
Teachers are concerned with creating students who enjoy reading and choose to read because research has proven engagement is necessary for long-term achievement (Baker, Dreher, & Guthrie, 2000). In addition to increasing reading engagement and achievement, according to the International Reading Association (2009) and Common Core State…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Electronic Publishing, Literacy Education
Anderson, Kimberly L.; Atkinson, Terry S.; Swaggerty, Elizabeth A.; O'Brien, Kevin – Early Child Development and Care, 2019
At start-up of a book distribution programme (Dolly Parton's Imagination Library) in a southeastern United States community, we examined baseline relationships between at-home shared book reading (SBR) and children's language/literacy abilities and skills at kindergarten entry. One hundred fifty-two parent/child dyads participated; children (53%…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, School Readiness, Books, Emergent Literacy
Graham, Georgia – Houston Independent School District, 2021
Since 2007, nineteen Houston Independent School District (HISD) campuses have partnered with Literacy Now to offer the Reading Intervention program. The Reading Intervention program provides individualized, small group reading tutorials for at-risk students in kindergarten to second grade to create proficient readers by the end of third grade.…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Reading Programs, Kindergarten, Elementary School Students
Goodwyn, Andrew – Educational Review, 2014
E-reading devices such as The Kindle have rapidly secured a significant place in a number of societies as at least one major platform for reading. To some extent they are part of the overarching move towards a fully digitised world but they have a distinctiveness in being deliberately "book-like". Teachers generally have some suspicion…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Handheld Devices, Books, English Teachers
